How is value measured? Analysts talk and write about a stock because the company creates value. Does "value" mean "cheap?" Buy low, sell high. That formula is not working with Facebook (ticker: FB) at the moment. That’s more like buy high, short sell, but we recognize that it is early for FB and its “friends.” Yahoo (ticker: YHOO) went public in April 1996 at $24.50. At year-end 1996 Yahoo’s market capitalization was $16.9 billion. On January 3, 2000, Yahoo reached its share price zenith, $118.75, valuing the company at $126.8 billion. Today YH...

Effective Rig Count drops to 2,771: Permian oil growth slowing EnerCom has released its latest Effective Rig Count, examining the state of drilling activity in major shale basins. The Effective Rig Count fell to 2,771 in July, marking the first decline in the EERC since the downturn bottomed out in May 2016. The EERC expresses current activity measured in terms[Read More…]